JAKARTA – Nutritional improvement cannot be seen as a short-term program, but rather a long-term investment to form a healthy and productive generation. This effort needs to be done thoroughly, starting from pregnancy, infants, children, to the elderly.
Through a sustainable approach, each age group will get intervention according to their needs so that the quality of life of the community can increase.
The Head of the Nutrition Working Team of the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), Yuni Zahraini, emphasized the importance of a life cycle-based approach in evaluating and strengthening community nutrition improvement programs held by the P2KB Health Office of Southwest Papua Province (PBD) in Sorong City.
“The approach to the life cycle is very important to ensure that every age group gets the right intervention and education,” he said, as quoted by ANTARA.
Yuni emphasized the need for visual education in the field, such as the use of healthy dining plates, the dose of foodstuffs, to other educational aids, both in posyandu and schools.
According to him, the correct understanding of nutrition must be instilled in an integrated and consistent manner at every stage of life.
In addition, he highlighted the contribution of the Village Fund in supporting the provision of additional food in Posyandu. He considered this practice as a concrete step that was able to help the community, as well as show that villages have an important role in improving nutrition.
“We appreciate the village head who has allocated Village Funds for the nutrition program. This is clear evidence of the contribution of villages in improving the nutritional status of the community,” said Yuni.
In terms of local wisdom, Yuni encourages the use of nutritious food that is close to people’s daily lives, such as green peanut porridge or chicken porridge with vegetables. This simple but nutritious menu is considered easier to accept and in accordance with the consumption patterns of the local community.
Meanwhile, the Head of the PBD Health Office, Naomi Netty Howai, emphasized that nutrition improvement is one of the priorities for health development in Southwest Papua. “We are committed to ensuring that nutrition intervention is right on target and data-based,” she said.
According to Naomi, the provincial government has launched the First 1,000 Days of Life Program (HPK) as a strategic step to meet the nutritional needs of pregnant women, babies, and toddlers, in order to prepare the 2045 golden generation.
“We have budgeted Rp3,303 billion for each district/city to support the implementation of this 1,000 HPK Program,” he said.
He added that the results of monitoring and evaluation will form the basis for the preparation of follow-up plans to strengthen the implementation of community nutrition improvement programs in six regions. The hope is that the activity which will take place from August 18 to August 20, 2025, can encourage health workers in the regions to be more optimal in achieving program targets quickly, accurately, and continuously.
“The final goal is to ensure that the nutrition improvement program really has a real impact, so that a healthy, intelligent and quality generation of Indonesia was born,” concluded Naomi.
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